Bio

About

My happy place.

Here's where I'm probably going to write your music.

Dale North is a music composer for video games, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a multi-instrumentalist (piano, vocal, brass), performer, and singer-songwriter with an international training, he brings a unique voice to video game music.

Dale's music mixes traditional instrumentation with vintage colors, blending live pianos and orchestral tones with the synthesizers and sound sets that shaped the sounds of games from the Super Nintendo and PlayStation eras. His upbringing in Tokyo, Japan helped shape his melodic sense (and his love of synthesizers), and he continues to hold the traditions of game music in the highest regard.

Dale looks forward to working on projects that favor creativity and seek to honor game music's rich heritage.

He also really, really likes Welsh Corgis.

Press

Reviews

"The soundtrack is S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G. This isn’t your average indie game OST, and a lot of praise needs to go to this title’s composer. The magical, whimsical music transports players to games of yesteryear, and nostalgia is immediately felt." -- Retronuke -- Wizard of Legend

"...the tale itself certainly wouldn’t have been half as impressive as it is now without North’s splendid musical work." -- Twinfinite -- Wizard of Legend

"Wizard of Legend's soundtrack is superb, too. It's one of those indie games where if I saw the soundtrack for sale somewhere, I would totally buy it. The orchestral score is epic and makes the gameplay so much more visceral as you battle the hordes of dastardly foes." -- Video Chums -- Wizard of Legend

"...music in this game is wonderful. I haven't heard a great retro-style soundtrack like this in quite awhile." -- OperationRainfall -- Dragon Fantasy Book II

"Dale North and Hiroki Kikuta knocked it out of the park with the soundtrack..." -- SteamShovelers -- Toricky

"...a great soundtrack that feels perfectly at home in the 16-bit world..." -- PocketGamer -- Dragon Fantasy Book II